First Solar announces world-record CdTe cell efficiency of 18.7%, beating GE's recent record

March 07, 2013 | Analyst Insight

Recently, we published GE had achieved the world-record thin-film cadmium-telluride (CdTe) solar photovoltaic (PV) conversion efficiency of 18.3% (see the January 24, 2013 LRSCJ), but this record did not last long....

Categories Inorganic thin-film modules, Silicon and thin-film PV cells and modules
Related companies GE Global Research Center, Intermolecular, First Solar

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